This photograph was taken by The Washington Post Tuesday.
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Via Victory Girls:
Notice something dreadfully wrong? Like the flag is heaped on the floor?
From the U.S. Flag Code:
§8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.And under that:
b. The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
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